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PROM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prom mean?
• PROM (noun)
The noun PROM has 1 sense:
1. a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
Familiarity information: PROM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
prom; promenade
Hypernyms ("prom" is a kind of...):
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